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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Raising the Curtain by Stuart A. Harris-Logan
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £26.90Part history, part celebratory publication, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Raising the Curtain, showcases the conservatoire's 175 year history in what will be a wonderful collector's piece for... -
Animal Fairm [Animal Farm in Scots]: Illustratit Edition by George Orwell
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.18AW ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MAIR EQUAL THAN ITHERSIt didnae seem unco when Napoleon wis seen daunderin aboot the fairmhoose gairden wi a pipe in his mooth...Frae the instant o its first... -
Dae Ye Ken? by Vicki Gausden
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £4.85This work is split thematically and includes subjects from clothes (claes) to feelings through food and drink, socialising (gang oot on the toon) and that favourite Scottish topic - the weather. Dae... -
Nations and Nationalisms by Owen Dudley Edwards
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.14After 'How David Cameron Saved Scotland', satirical author Owen Dudley Edwards comes back with a new book, 'Nations and Nationalisms'. This is a collection of defining moments, some rather peculiar,... -
Barnhill: A Novel by Norman Bissell
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67George Orwell left post-war London for Barnhill, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Jura, to write what became Nineteen Eighty-Four. He was driven by a passionate desire to undermine the enemies of... -
A Walk in the Park: Exploring the Treasures of Glasgow's Dear Green Places by John Cairney 9781910745359
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28In A Walk in the Park, Cairney shows that he clearly loves the city and he expresses that it is more than it appears to be. Glasgow is not just a city full of tenements and big buildings, it is a... -
The History of the Hibs Quiz Book by Tom Wright 9781912147816
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28This quiz book covers the fascinating journey of Hibernian Football Club throughout the past 142 years. Offcial club historian Tom Wright has used his comprehensive knowledge of the sport and the... -
Hut/Hytte by Lesley Riddoch 9781913025632
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28Victorian visitors had shooting lodges - Scots had trips doon the watter. Norwegian citizens had hytte - Scots had Butlins. Why have the inhabitants of one of Europe's prime tourist destinations... -
The History of Art in 100 Limericks: Vol 1 by Angus Reid 9781910745656
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06Art History, but not as we know it. Smart, sharp and witty, The History of Art in 100 Limericks gives a unique twist to Art History, summing up the work of well-known figures in five succinct (and... -
Hill Walks in the Cairngorms by Ernest Cross 9781842820926
RRP: £4.99Booksplease Price: £4.24Based on its predecessor, Walks In the Cairngorms (1984), this book comprises a number of new walks spread widely across the 'Monarch of the Glen Country', in addition to some favourites from the... -
Habitat by Bashabi Fraser 9781804250938
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28We inhabit everything that comes our way: people, places, nature. Writing itself is our habitat. It is this space that Bashabi Fraser that explores in her new collection Habitat.These poems challenge... -
Baffies' Easy Munro Guide: Central Highlands by Ralph Storer 9781908373205
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06Think the Munros are too difficult? Think again. Meet Baffies, the entertainments convenor of the Go-Take-a-Hike Mountaineering Club. Named after his footwear of choice [Baffies is a Scottish word... -
Crow Bait by Douglas Skelton 9781910021828
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06They'll all be crow bait by the time I'm finished...Jail was hell for Davie McCall. Ten years down the line, freedom's no picnic either. It's 1990, there are new kings in the West of Scotland... -
Ye'll No Sell Your Hen on a Rainy Day: and other canny Scottish proverbs by Allan Ramsay 9781804251140
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £4.85A collection of proverbs in the original Scots, and translated into English covering family, work, money, self-Improvement and food and drink amongst other topics. Scots proverbs tell it like it is,... -
The Lonely Zoroastrian by Mike Harding 9781804251225
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28Well-known as a stand up comic and folk musician, Mike Harding is now equally known for his rich and varied poetry.Music, place, landscape, politics, memories and stories have always been Mike... -
Scotland the Worst: A Derogatory Guide to the Worst Places to Visit by Charles Maciejewski 9781912147922
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06There are countless guidebooks celebrating all that Scotland has to offer; the rolling hills, the hearty food, and the rich culture. This witty satire serves as the anti-guidebook, drawing on the... -
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe: Newly Adapted for the Modern Reader by David Purdie by Walter Scott 9781908373267
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28Ivanhoe follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, part of one of the few Saxon families at a time when English nobility was dominated by the Normans, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the... -
Should've Gone tae Specsavers, Ref! by Allan Morrison 9781908373731
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06The referee. You can't have a game without one. The most hated man (or woman) in football but you have to invite one to every game. Enjoy a laugh at the antics and wicked humour of Scottish... -
No Problem Here: Racism in Scotland by Neil Davidson 9781912147304
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.18Does Scotland have a problem with racism? With its 'civic nationalism' and 'welcoming' attitude towards migrants and refugees, Scotland is understood to be relatively free of structural and... -
Language of My Choosing: a creative Scots-Italian memoir by Anne Pia 9781912147397
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28Where do I truly belong? This is the question Anne Pia continually asked of herself growing up in the Italian-Scots community of post-World War Two Edinburgh. This candid, vibrant memoir shares... -
St Kilda: The Silent Islands by Alex Boyd 9781913025229
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.18Using a 'battered medium format camera' once belonging to Fay Godwin, Alex Boyd captures the archipelago of St Kilda in a new light, from a 21st century perspective. From the crumbling Cold War... -
Scotland the Braw by Alan McCredie 9781913025489
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06braw, adj. fine or fine-looking, excellent. This is a celebration of all that is braw, from the warmth of a Scottish pub to the beauty of the Highland hills, from sunbathing on a dual carriageway to... -
Whit if?: Illustratit edition by Hugh McMillan 9781804251355
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Scots Book o the Year 2024 (UK).Book InformationISBN 9781804251355Author Hugh McMillan -
Connecting Scotland's History: A Scottish History Timeline Linked into 2,000 Years of World History Anna Groundwater 9781913025601
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28This is a book that makes sense of the complexities of Scottish history in an insightful way, at a glance. Anna Groundwater has long experience of dealing with British, foreign and Scottish students,... -
The Whisky Muse: Scotch Whisky in Poem and Song by Robin Laing 9780946487950
RRP: £12.00Booksplease Price: £8.57Whisky - the water of life, perhaps Scotland's best known contribution to the world. Muse - goddess of creative endeavour. The Whisky Muse - the spark of inspiration to many of Scotland's great poets... -
The Case for Left Wing Nationalism by Stephen Maxwell 9781908373878
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28Spanning four politically and socially tumultuous decades, Stephen Maxwell's writings explore the origins and development of the modern Scottish Nationalist movement. As an instrumental member of the... -
Burnsiana: Artworks and Poems Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Robert Burns by Calum Colvin 9781908373915
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.10This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in response to each work by 'weel-kent'... -
100 Weeks of Scotland by Alan McCredie 9781910021606
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28A photography project charting 100 weeks in the life of Scotland, and the people who live there. The photos are of all aspects of Scottish culture - politics, art, social issues, sport, energy and... -
Domenica: a girl from Monte Cassino by Serafina Crolla 9781804250693
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £12.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804250693Author Serafina CrollaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint -
Taking Flight: A Collection by Aileen Ballantyne 9781913025410
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67Taking Flight is a compilation of Aileen's poetry work, including pieces on personal travel; inspirations from the 1969 moon landing; and a more personal experience of the Lockerbie bombing.About the... -
Another Bloody Saturday: A Journey to the Heart and Soul of Football by Mat Guy 9781910745724
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67This is a book celebrating all that is great with the game of football, as seen through the eyes of clubs and fans rarely bothered by satellite television cameras and the riches of the elite game, a... -
The Summer of '78 Martin MacIntyre 9781804251744
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.97Discover the evocative world of A Summer Like No Other by Martin MacIntyre, the English translation of his acclaimed Gaelic novel Samhradh '78. Step back to the summer of 1978, where young Colin... -
Samhradh '78 by Martin MacIntyre 9781912147472
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28Colin Quinn spent the summer of 1978 with his uncle, Ruairidh Gillies, on South Uist. While the world at large and many in the islands watch football in Argentina - didn't Ally MacLeod say Scotland... -
Arts and the Nation by Alexander Moffat 9781912147106
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.10The latent liability in energy is anarchy, but when it's working in a direction with a sense of purpose like the independence movement, and according to the priorities of the arts, and not violence,... -
Chuckies fir the Cairn: Poems in Scots and Gaelic by Contemporary Dumfries and Galloway Poets by Rab Wilson 9781906817053
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67Scotland has built great literature out of its richly textured language. Like the stones bound together in a wall, the poets linkied here by location and shared language embody the beauty of their... -
A Good Cause by Tessa Ransford 9781910745250
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.06This new collection of work from Tessa Ransford is marked out by an authentic and unique voice, honed through a lifetime of dedication to her art. The cover photograph shows the author in... -
The Connemara Cantos by Mike Harding 9781908373960
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67While working for the BBC on a feature programme on Irish folk singer Dolores Keane, Mike Harding found himself in Clifden and in an estate agent's window found what would become his Irish home, a... -
Dundee: A comprehensive guide for locals and visitors by Norman Watson 9781910745199
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.10As Scotland's fourth largest city, Dundee has long been known for its 'Three Js' of jute, jam and journalism. Now a thriving university city, Dundee is a UNESCO City of Design, and a shortlisted UK... -
Da Happie Laand by Robert Alan Jamieson 9781906817862
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28An experimental novel on a grand scale, beautifully carried through. A Perth minister takes in a traumatised stranger who calls himself 'the son and heir to being lost'. When the stranger disappears,... -
Hamilton 1967: The by-election that transformed Scotland by James Mitchell 9781912147229
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67'Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on.' - Hamilton, Scotland, 3 November 1967 A young couple, married only one day, join a group of eager SNP supporters in the early morning of the by-election...